{"id":5374,"date":"2010-05-18T02:15:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:58:17","slug":"taking-it-global-tig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Taking It Global TIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>inspire, inform, involve &#8211; in 12 international languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Vision: Youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world.<br \/>\nOur Mission: We enable a collaborative learning community which provides youth with access to global opportunities, cross-cultural connections and meaningful participation in decision-making &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/\">about 1\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/ \">english Homepage<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/sitemap.html\">Sitemap<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/connections\/\">Community<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/action\/\">Action<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/resources\/\">Resources;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/express\/\">Youth Media<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.tigweb.org\/edsupintl\">Dundori Orphans<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/understand\/issues\/\">Global Issues<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/explore\/regions\/\">Regions<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/orgs\/\">For Orgs<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/tiged\/\">For educators<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/members\/login.html?pushpath=my.tigweb.org%2F\">My TIG<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/sitemap.html#tiged\">Join<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/faq.html\">FAQs<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/donate\/\">Donate<\/a>;<br \/>\nAddress: Canada Office TIG, 19 Duncan Street, Suite #505, Toronto,  Ontario, M5H 3H1, CANADA;<br \/>\nUS Office TIG, 33 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11217, USA;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/contact.html\">Contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/\">About 2\/2<\/a> &#8230; \/Who We Serve: We serve youth primarily between the ages of 13 to 30 through:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an online community and initiatives that focus on enabling actively engaged youth.<\/li>\n<li>education programs geared towards middle and high school students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What We Offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global online social network and hub for civic participation<\/li>\n<li>Content &amp; tools for educators to facilitate rich, interactive learning experiences<\/li>\n<li>Outreach &amp; Collaboration tools for events, networks, campaigns, and causes<\/li>\n<li>Research, development, and sharing of best practices on youth engagement<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated learning experiences through workshops, webinars, and e-courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why Bother?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Global awareness and understanding across cultures is key to the future of the planet<\/li>\n<li>Student dropout and disengagement rates are at all-time highs, and costing billions in lost economic opportunities and crime<\/li>\n<li>Preventable diseases and health issues are on the rise globally, with young people often the most vulnerable and affected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So Far&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 million young people reached in 2008, over 14 million since launch in 2000<\/li>\n<li>Engagement across 12 languages, and in every country and territory in the world<\/li>\n<li>Thought leadership through presenting at over 500 education, technology, development, business, and youth conferences and events<\/li>\n<li>Partnerships across sectors with over 8 U.N. agencies, dozens of international civil society organizations, several top-tier technology companies (Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, HP), and leading-edge foundations across North America.<\/li>\n<li>Global recognition from the World Economic Forum and Tech Museum of Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/who\/weare\/history.html\">History<\/a> (from 1999 to 2009):<\/p>\n<p>Inspire. Inform. Involve: This simple guiding principle is one of the reasons why we&rsquo;ve been successful in enabling youth leaders. How this blueprint is achieved differs for everyone, but they all emerge from this process with the same results. Inspiration from a global community of their peers builds self-confidence. Information provided by tools and resources accelerates their transformation into better agents of change. Involvement through opportunities enables their capacity as active citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The following milestones track our development from the beginning to today: &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigweb.org\/about\/who\/weare\/history.html\">full text History<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>inspire, inform, involve &#8211; in 12 international languages The Vision: Youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world. 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